Loki wins Docklands Invitational after Dust storm blows out Day 2

5:57 AM Thu 22 Jan 2009 GMT

'Loki. Skandia Geelong Week 2009 - Skandia Docklands Invitational' Teri Dodds &copy Click Here to view large photo

Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel Pugh 63 Loki, scored two wins against this top class invited IRC fleet yesterday and as Port Phillip was sand blasted in a red dust storm with gusts of more than 40 knots, Race Director Denis Thompson signalled the series was over.

Thompson said ''just too much breeze today.'

Michael Hiatts Farr 55, Living Doll with a second and third yesterday came in second overall and third was Alan Brierty's Reichel Pugh 63 Limit was third.

Ainsworth was smiling dockside, 'We were very happy with two bullets yesterday, we were disappointed that there was just too much breeze today. It would have been no fun out there at all. The chop in 30-40 knots on Port Phillip can be pretty sharp.

'We are looking forward to the first round of the IRC Audi National series, the first day of the Skandia Geelong Week series. '

***Series Results [IRC] for Division 1 up to Race 2 (Drops = 0)***
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS60000	Loki III	S Ainsworth	2.00	1.00	1.00
2	2R	R55	Living Doll	M Hiatt	5.00	2.00	3.00
3		98888	Limit	A Brierty	5.00	3.00	2.00
4	4.0S	SM5200	Cougar II	A Whiteley	11.00	4.00	7.00
5		52566	Black Jack	P Harburg	11.00	5.00	6.00
6		SM46	Dekadence	P Coombs	13.00	8.00	5.00
7	4.0S	AUS8888	Voodoo Chile	A Lloyd Clark	15.00	11.00	4.00
8		SM2008	Audi Centre Melbourn	C Dare	15.00	6.00	9.00
9	9.0S	8880	Goldfinger	P Kate Mitchell	20.00	9.00	11.00
10		YC46	Exile	N George	20.00	10.00	10.00
11		R50	Shogun	R Hanna	21.00	7.00	14.00
12	8.0S	G4646R	eXtasea	P Buchholz	24.00	16.00	8.00
13		M330	Shamrock	T Donnellan	24.00	12.00	12.00
14	13.0S	R33	Chutzpah	B Taylor	29.00	13.00	16.00
15		M10	Skandia	G Wharington	29.00	14.00	15.00
16		SM460	XLR8	R Shaw	30.00	17.00	13.00
17		CR1	Optimus Prime	T Taylor	32.00	15.00	17.00
18		YC3300	Secret Mens Business	G Boetchher	38.00	19.00C	19.00C

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Black Jack - Teri Dodds&copy

Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Alan Briety’s Limit - Teri Dodds&copy

Sailing - Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Alan Briety’s Limit
Photo - Teri Dodds - Teri Dodds&copy

Sailing - Skandia Geelong Week 2009, Melbourne Docklands, Melbourne (VIC) Skandia Docklands Invitational - 21/01/09 - Race Two Start - Teri Dodds&copy

by Rob Kothe